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Earth sciences at the University of Iceland are ranked in place 87 worldwide according to the U.S. News & World Report Education rankings of the best global universities.

Gregory P. De Pascale, associate professor of geology at the University of Iceland, has published an article in the renowned science journal Tectonics demonstrating how remote sensing techniques can be used to see the Earth's surface beneath the dense rainforest in Chile. 

Earth scientists at the University of Iceland won the University of Iceland annual forum award this morning.

Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, geochemist and research professor at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Sciences has been awarded with an honorary membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work in the field of earth sciences.

Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, geochemist and research professor at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Sciences has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work in the field of earth sciences.

Tens of thousands have hiked to the Geldignagardalir in Reykjanes in the last few days to see the eruption that began on Friday 19 March.

Freysteinn Sigmundsson, research scientist at the Institute of Earth Sciences (part of the Science Institute, University of Iceland), has been elected as an American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow, for his research and contribution to the field of geophysics worldwide.

It is now possible to travel back in time and see the urbanization and landscape changes in Iceland using a new web map of historical aerial imagery (Loftmyndasjá).

Simon William Matthews, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, is one of the recipients of The Geological Society of London´s awards for his contribution in the field of geochemistry.

Extensive geophysical surveys are now taking place in the large central volcano Krafla in northeast Iceland, as a part of the EU-funded Marie-Curie ETN project IMPROVE.

"This model is part of a larger international project called VolcanBox. VolcanBox is a powerful toolbox designed to analyse volcanic hazards and inform responses, whether that be long-term planning or the response to an imminent hazard."

Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a Research Professor at the Nordic Volcanological Centre, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, has been awarded membership of the Academia Europaea.

Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences has with colleagues obtained funding of 3.2 million Euros to train 12 PhD students.

Ólafur Ingólfsson, professor emeritus in the Faculty of Earth Sciences received the Nordic Geoscientist Award at the Nordic Geological Winter Meeting on the 12th of May.

Roberta Rudnick, President of the Geochemical Society, presented Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, a research scientist at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Sciences, with the Clair C. Patterson award last August.

Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences has been accepted to the Club of Rome, that works on identifying the most crucial problems that will determine the future of humanity.

The University of Iceland is currently ranked in 7th place in the field of remote sensing and among the hundred best in the field of earth sciences according to the renowned Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.